Bandekar quits BJP to join Cong
06 April 2002 13:29 ISTFormer information minister Sanjay Bandekar, who was dropped from the Bharatiya Janata Party cabinet on Thursday, today quit the saffron brigade to join back the Congress, which he had left in October 2000. READ
Cong challenges Assembly polls
05 April 2002 17:27 ISTThe chief election commission has begun preparations for fresh Assembly elections, while the opposition Congress here has approached the court to stall the process of notifying poll process. READ
Minister Bandekar dropped, denied BJP ticket
04 April 2002 17:25 ISTFollowing one minister quitting the cabinet and the saffron party last month, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party dropped another minister today, on the eve of Assembly elections. The drama has begun after the House was ... READ
EC I-cards must for Assembly polls?
03 April 2002 17:02 ISTIf all goes well, photo identity cards issued by the Election Commission of India may be made compulsory for the Goa Assembly polls, scheduled to be held here shortly, for the first time in the ... READ
Luizinho-Jalmi challenge ordinance
01 April 2002 17:00 ISTTwo former state opposition leaders, belonging to the Congress and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, have challenged the ordinance issued by the state governor, allowing the BJP government to utilise public revenue through the contingency fund. READ
Guv issues ordinance for contingency
30 March 2002 16:54 ISTAt last, amidst controversy, Governor Mohammed Fazal issued an ordinance, increasing limit of the contingency fund by over hundred folds. READ
Power tariff reduced
27 March 2002 16:50 ISTUnlike several states in the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party government here has reduced the power tariff from April, while fresh Assembly polls are ahead. READ
Defectors or winners?
23 March 2002 16:23 ISTAlmost all the political parties in Goa are caught up in a quandary over giving tickets to habitual and professional defectors while winnability also becomes the ultimate criteria to win the forthcoming Assembly elections READ
BJP national meet in Goa
18 March 2002 16:35 ISTEyeing on the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state probably by May end, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party here has managed to shift its national executive meeting from Pune to Goa, from 12 to 14 ... READ
Opp warns Guv over ordinance
16 March 2002 15:29 ISTThough the issue has remained in the background with spate of incidents in Ahmedabad and Ayodhya, opposition parties in Goa have alleged that the ruling BJP's act here is an issue of equally serious concern ... READ